After setting Nerodio for the Black Heart Bart Stakes (1200m) at Belmont, trainer Stephanie Bakranich has designed an alternative program for the seven-year-old. Bakranich is determined to test Nerodio in Ascot feature …
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and JD Hayes are yet to commit to a start in a spring feature for Mr Brightside after first declarations closed for Melbourne’s three biggest races of the carnival. …
The sixth foal of champion racehorse Black Caviar has finished out of the money as an odds-on favourite on debut in a maiden at Moe. I Am Caviar, trained by …
Champion South African trainer Mike De Kock is slowly building a team of horses in Australia that he hopes one day may race in Dubai. With his son Mathew in a training partnership …
The chance to dodge Sydney’s big gun sprinters and test the waters in Melbourne will be enough to lure Mark Newnham south with improving gelding Big Parade. The Group 1 …
Victory in the Group 1 Kings Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in June capped a 2021/2022 season where Nature Strip took his tally of wins at the highest level to …
The Group 1 Thousand Guineas could be on the agenda for Troach after the Godolphin filly scored a comfortable win at Moonee Valley. The victory in the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) on Saturday …
The Melbourne Cup is the mission for Knights Order after he capped a memorable afternoon for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott with a commanding first-up victory in the Chelmsford Stakes. …
Having had her resolve tested by the ever-worsening conditions at Randwick, Annabel Neasham admitted to a feeling of relief as Zaaki landed back-to-back wins in the Tramway Stakes. With a …
Queensland trainer Robert Heathcote has fond memories of Moonee Valley through the exploits of multiple Group 1 winner Buffering. A five-time winner at The Valley, Buffering also won the Group 3 …
Lindsay Park trainers Ben and J D Hayes have some thinking to do after Mr Brightside took out the Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley. Saturday’s victory in the Group 2 weight-for-age …
Bookmakers might have been happy to take on Eduardo, but his Concorde Stakes rivals proved no match for the evergreen sprinter as he sailed to a facile first-up win. A …
Four international horses and one returning Australian sprinter have been confirmed on the first shipment of horses for the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Racing Victoria has given El Bodegon, My Oberon, Night Endeavor and …
For a smaller stable, David Payne has an incredible record of success in the Chelmsford Stakes and he won’t be surprised to see Montefilia add to that at Randwick. Payne has won …
Wayne Hawkes is hopeful a return to the short course at Moonee Valley will bring out an improved showing from three-year-old Semillion. The Hawkes Racing-trained sprinter was successful on debut at …
Classique Legend has passed his first serious test back from a suspensory injury and while his fitness requires some work, trainer Les Bridge says the 2020 Everest winner is on …
Peter Moody has an idea of how well imported galloper Spanish Mission is preparing for the Melbourne Cup, but he wants to now see it under race conditions. Scratched from the …
Any other horse might be looking for a retirement paddock at the age of nine, but Joe Pride says Eduardo is in the shape of his life and better positioned than ever …




















